Odontotarsus purpureolineatus (Rossi, 1790)

Ghahari, Hassan, Moulet, Pierre & Rider, David A., 2014, An annotated catalog of the Iranian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), Zootaxa 3837 (1), pp. 1-95 : 83

Odontotarsus purpureolineatus (Rossi, 1790)

Cimex purpureolineatus Rossi, 1790: 228 ; Odontotarsus grammicus var. lutescens Fieber, 1861: 377 ; Odontotarsus nigricornis Garbiglietti, 1869: 44 ; Odontotarsus rugicollis Jakovlev, 1884: 121 ; Odontotarsus insignis Jakovlev, 1908: 245 ; Odontotarsus purpureolineatus var. confluens Hoberlandt, 1944: 330 .

Distribution in Iran. Alborz, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Kermanshah, Kordestan, Lorestan, West Azarbaijan ( Hoberlandt 1997), Ardabil, Golestan ( Linnavuori 2008), East Azarbaijan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Ghahari et al. 2011a), Guilan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008), Khorasan ( Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008; Modarres Awal 2008), Mazandaran ( Wagner 1968), Tehran ( Brown 1966; Hoberlandt 1997; Linnavuori 2008), Iran (no locality cited) ( Oshanin 1906, 1912; Safavi 1959; Modarres Awal 1997b; Göllner-Scheiding 2006b).

General distribution. Euro Mediterranean (extending to Germany, Belgium and Ukraine), Egypt, Near East, Caucasus, Central Asia extending to China.

Host plants. Found in or near cotton fields ( Ghahari et al. 2011a), on Centaurea sp. ( Asteraceae ) and Sanguisorba sp. ( Rosaceae ) ( Linnavuori 2008).